Obsolete : SGI Onyx Reality Engine 2


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SGI Onyx
Hostname:	`rubens`	Hostaddress:	`192.168.1.29`
Hardware:	SGI Onyx RealityEngine 2
Software:	IRIX 6.5.22
Owned since:	10. May 2003

Description:

System	SGI Onyx	Drives	4GB Harddisk
Processor	4xR10000 at 194MHz	Graphics	Reality Engine 2
Memory	512MB	Other	none

Installed Boardset

Slot Name Number Function

1 MC3 030-0604-00 Memory Board with 512MB

2 IP19 030-0804-101 CPU Board with 4 R4400 with 4MB cache each

3 IO4B 030-0646-106 IO Controller

4 VCAM 030-0243-00x VME Bridge

5 VME empty

6 VME empty

7 VME empty

8 GE10 030-0325-005 Rev B Geometrie Engine

9 DG2 030-0513-005 Rev A Display Generator

10 RM4 empty

11 RM4 030-0359-001 Rev C Raster Manager

12 RM4 empty

13 RM4 030-0359-001 Rev C Raster Manager

Finally I managed to upgrade to Onyx from IP19 Quad-R4400@250MHz to IP25 Quad-R10000@194MHz. And it was really worth the money! Look here for its former config with Quad R4400.

See my page for general information on Onyxs

hinv Output:

rubens 2# hinv -mvvv
CPU Board at Slot 2: (Enabled)
  Processor 0 at Slot 2/Slice 0: 194 Mhz R10000 with 1 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
  Processor 1 at Slot 2/Slice 1: 194 Mhz R10000 with 1 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
  Processor 2 at Slot 2/Slice 2: 194 Mhz R10000 with 1 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
  Processor 3 at Slot 2/Slice 3: 194 Mhz R10000 with 1 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.5
FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.5
Main memory size: 512 Mbytes, 2-way interleaved
MC3 Memory Board at Slot 1: 512 MB of memory (Enabled)
  Bank A contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
  Bank B contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
  Bank C contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
  Bank D contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
  Bank E contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
  Bank F contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
  Bank G contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
  Bank H contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C95A, single ended, revision 0
  CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C95A, differential, revision 0
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 1 (unit 1)
  Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 1 (unit 2)
Integral EPC serial ports: 4
Integral EPC parallel port: Ebus slot 3
RealityEngineII Graphics Pipe 0 at IO Slot 3 Physical Adapter 2 (Fchip rev 2)
Integral Ethernet controller: et0, Ebus slot 3
I/O board, Ebus slot 3: IO4 revision 1
VME bus: adapter 13
VME bus: adapter 0 mapped to adapter 13
EPC external interrupts
onyx 3# /usr/gfx/gfxinfo -v
Graphics board 0 is "REV" graphics.
        Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
        Display 1280x1024 @ 60Hz
        12 GE (GE10 rev. 0x7/011)
        2 RM4 boards (rev. 00112/00112)
        Medium pixel depth
        10-bit RGBA pixels
        Not using Multi-Channel Option

Pictures:






The opened Cardcage	Edge Connector for graphics system	Edge Connector for graphics system
DG2 - Display Generator	DG2 - Display Generator	RM4 - Raster Manager
GE10 - Geometry Engine	IO4 - IO Board with VCAM	IO4 - IO Board with VCAM
SCSI-Connectors on IO4	IP19 - Quad R440 at 250 MHz	IP19 - Quad R440 at 250 MHz
IP25 - Quad R10000 at 194 MHz	IP25 - Quad R10000 at 194 MHz	IP25 - Quad R10000 at 194 MHz
MC3 - 512MB RAM	MC3 - 512MB RAM

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